Book: How To Say Goodbye In Robot by Natalie Standiford
Rating: 4 Stars
Release date: October 1, 2009 from Scholastic Press
From: Publisher
Summary:
New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn’t made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship. It’s not romance, exactly – but it’s definitely love. Still, Bea can’t quite dispel Jonah’s gloom and doom – and as she finds out his family history, she understands why. Can Bea help Jonah? Or is he destined to vanish?
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You know, I don’t really know why I didn’t like this book. I really wanted to like it and in the beginning I thought I would but I just couldn’t. It wasn’t the story, because that was pretty interesting actually. I think it had to be the writing. It just wasn’t something that I liked or could really get past.
The story of Bea and Jonah (Robot Girl and Ghost Boy) was a really captivating story. I thought I would be hooked and that I would love the story. It seemed funny when I started it and as it grew more serious, it grew more interesting. The reason I didn’t stay interested was that the writing wasn’t something I really liked and I kept noticing that it didn’t seem to flow together very well. It was all kind of choppy and short. There were three word sentences and not just a couple. So many things could have been cut out or even taken from three short sentences into one longer one. It’s always been something I didn’t like and I think it really kept me from enjoying this one.
Okay and I won’t tell you what happens in the end but I will mention that I hated it. I just thought the ending was terrible. I will say that I wasn’t expecting it but I wish it had been different. I don’t even know if that would work with the book but I wanted a different ending. =P
Overall, I think you can tell how I felt about this one. I won’t be reading it again and I wouldn’t actually recommend it. Of course, I also won’t say, don’t read it. It’s fully your choice but this one just wasn’t for me. Still, I won’t give up on the author. Maybe I will like her other books. =]
Book: How To Say Goodbye In Robot by Natalie Standiford
